Answer: downfall,death,doom,failure
Explanation: demise means a negative outcome often failure
so what Iducky22 is pretty much saying is d would be the answer for e2020
The conflict that keeps Rainsford awake was that he couldn't sleep because he was hearing weird sounds. That was an internal conflict because it was with himself and he couldn't put himself to sleep. But also, he was worried because of all the things that the general Zaroff told him about how he invented a new animal to hunt which was men.
It shows that King is optimistic in the face of a very large task.
The answer would be C, Small Words!